affatuate

English

Etymology

From Latin a- (“to”) + fatuātus, active perfect participle of fatuor (“talk foolishly”).

Verb

affatuate (third-person singular simple present affatuates, present participle affatuating, simple past and past participle affatuated)

1. (obsolete) To infatuate.

References

• “affatuate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.